bjǫrn

See also: Bjǫrn, bjørn, Bjørn, björn, and Björn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of *berô, whence also Old English beorn (“warrior”).

Noun

bjǫrn m (genitive bjarnar, dative birni, plural birnir)

1. bear (animal)

Declension

Declension of bjǫrn (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjǫrn	bjǫrninn	birnir	birnirnir
accusative	bjǫrn	bjǫrninn	bjǫrnu	bjǫrnuna
dative	birni	birninum	bjǫrnum	bjǫrnunum
genitive	bjarnar	bjarnarins	bjarna	bjarnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: björn m
• Faroese: bjørn f
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjørn m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørn, bjønn m
• Jamtish: bjenn
• Elfdalian: byönn
• Old Swedish: biørn, biorn
  • Swedish: björn c
• Old Danish: biørn, biorn
  • Danish: bjørn c
• Old Gutnish: biorn
  • Gutnish: bjånn
• → Proto-Samic: *piernë
  • Northern Sami: bierdna
  • Southern Sami: bïerne